Australian Open 2025: Rain and thunderstorms disrupt play on day one at Melbourne Park

The primary day of the Australian Open was interrupted by heavy rain and thunderstorms in Melbourne.

The season-opening Grand Slam event begins as scheduled at 11:00 native time (00:00 GMT) on Sunday.

However the gamers within the out of doors fields had been pressured to go away after an hour.

Play resumed at Melbourne Park at round 18:00 native time (07:00 GMT) however 5 matches had been cancelled.

The moist climate means video games scheduled at Rod Laver Area, Margaret Courtroom Area and John Cain Area – all with roofs – will be performed.

All three matches had been accomplished by 15:00 (04:00 GMT).

Fifth-seeded Zheng Qinwen of China, who reached the ultimate after shedding final yr, and 14th-seeded Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva gained the ladies’s singles.

French twentieth seed Arthur Fils claimed victory within the males’s first spherical.